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Quotes of the day from previous years:
We see nothing truly till we understand it. |
~ John Constable ~ |
The great vice of the present day is bravura, an attempt to do something beyond the truth. In endeavouring to do something better than well, they do what in reality is good for nothing. Fashion always had, & will have, its day — but truth (in all things) only will last, and can only have just claims on posterity |
~ John Constable ~ |
Surely mankind has yet to be born. Surely this is true! For only something blind and uncomprehending could exist in such a mean conjunction with its own flesh, its own kind. How else account for such faltering, clumsy, hateful cruelty? Even the possums and the skunks know better! |
~ William Styron ~ |
True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choice. |
~ Ben Jonson ~ |
They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. |
~ Ben Jonson ~ |
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer. |
~ Ben Jonson ~ |
Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in the way it becomes known to the self — to the mediating intellect — as to verge close to being beyond description. It thus remains nearly incomprehensible to those who have not experienced it in its extreme mode, although the gloom, “the blues” which people go through occasionally and associate with the general hassle of everyday existence are of such prevalence that they do give many individuals a hint of the illness in its catastrophic form. |
~ William Styron ~ |
He is a narrow-minded man, that affects a triumph in any glorious study; but to triumph in a lie, and a lie themselves have forged, is frontless. Folly often goes beyond her bounds; but Impudence knows none. |
~ Ben Jonson ~ |
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike. |
~ Ben Jonson ~ |
This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. … We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated. |
~ John F. Kennedy ~ |
Those who invaded our Capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what President Trump had told them — that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful President. President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. You will also hear about plots to commit seditious conspiracy on January 6th, a crime defined in our laws as conspiring to overthrow, put down, or destroy by force the government of the United States, or to oppose by force the authority thereof. … On the morning of January 6th, President Donald Trump's intention was to remain President of the United States, despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election, and in violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power. Over multiple months, Donald Trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. In our hearings, you will see evidence of each element of this plan. |
~ Liz Cheney ~ |
There's reason good, that you good laws should make: Men's manners ne'er were viler, for your sake. |
~ Ben Jonson ~ |
Art hath an enemy call'd ignorance. |
~ Ben Jonson ~ |
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Robes loosely flowing, hair as free,
Such sweet neglect more taketh me
Than all the adulteries of art:
They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
~ Ben Jonson ~ (born June 11, 1572)
No one will ever understand Auschwitz. ~ William Styron
This was not judgement day — only morning. Morning: excellent and fair. ~ William Styron
Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show
To whom all Scenes of Europe homage owe.
He was not of an age, but for all time!
~ Ben Jonson ~
The Devil is an Ass, I do acknowledge it. ~ Ben Jonson
A good life is a main argument. ~ Ben Jonson
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